Being a Philadelphia Eagle fan – even a temporary one -- can get you early access TOMORROW to buy a ticket to U2’s July 12 concert at Lincoln Financial Field, without having to pay $50 for the privilege, asthe band’s Web site does.

Tickets to the show -- the top price of which is a whopping $253.50 but the cheapest of which is only $33.50 – go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, concert promoters LiveNation announced Monday.

My apologies to those who went to the site earlier when I mistakenly said the pre-sale started today.

The presale lasts till 6 p.m. Thursday.

Early access could be important, as dates on the recently announced second leg of the tour are selling out fast.

So get your green on today, U2 fans, and root for the Iggles as you score yourself concerts tickets. You can fall off the bandwagon later.

At 10 a.m. Friday, tickets -- at $33.50, $58.50, $98.50 and $253.50 -- will be available to the general public at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 800-736-1420. Additional fees may apply.

The tour’s first leg wrapped up just two weeks ago after playing to more than 3 million fans in just 44 cities. As of now, there are just 12 dates scheduled in the tour, all stadiums, starting June 6 in Anaheim, Calif., then going to Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Edmonton, East Lansing, Miami, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago and closing night at the New Meadowlands stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19.

The largest rock and roll touring production ever, the 360° Tour has a cylindrical video system of interlocking LED panels, and a steel structure rising 150 feet from the floor over a massive stage with rotating bridges.

The massive show includes a 170-ton stage that has been dubbed "The Spaceship" that takes 200 trucks to carry it and 400 employees to produce the show. The closest the show came during the tour's previous leg was Giant's Stadium.

Pre-Sales have been selling strong. If your planning to attend the show. This idea seems to be a great one. "EDGE" good choice in passwords. You may want to check out the other venues, to see what tickets are left.

Sorry...I take it back...it did work. I wasn't using the link above...I went right to Ticket Master. Once I clicked on your link - it work. THANKS!! I'm sooo psyched to be going to my first U2 concert!!

Posted By: EdgeWhat | Nov 11, 2009 10:24:14 AM

I clicked on the Link.. The password worked for me... :-)

Posted By: Hell Yeah | Nov 11, 2009 12:35:35 PM

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JOHN J. MOSER has been around long enough to have seen the original Ramones in a small club in New Jersey, U2 from the fourth row of a theater and Bob Dylan's born-again tours. But he also has the number for All-American Rejects' Nick Wheeler on his cell phone, wrote the first story ever done on Jack's Mannequin and hung out in Wiz Khalifa's hotel room.

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

JODI DUCKETT: As The Morning Call's assistant features editor responsible for entertainment, she spends a lot of time surveying the music landscape and sizing up the Valley's festivals and club scene. She's no expert, but enjoys it all — especially artists who resonated in her younger years, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Tracy Chapman, Santana and Joni Mitchell.

KATHY LAUER-WILLIAMS enjoys all types of music, from roots rock and folk to classical and opera. Music has been a constant backdrop to her life since she first sat on the steps listening to her mother’s Broadway LPs when she was 2. Since becoming a mother herself, she has become well-versed on the growing genre of kindie rock and, with her son in tow, can boast she has seen a majority of the current kid’s performers from Dan Zanes to They Might Be Giants.

STEPHANIE SIGAFOOS: A Jersey native raised in Northeast PA, she was reared in a house littered with 8-tracks, 45s and cassette tapes of The Beatles, Elvis, Meatloaf and Billy Joel. She also grew up on the sounds of Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw and can be found traversing the countryside in search of the sounds of a steel guitar. A fan of today's 'new country,' she digs mainstream/country-pop crossovers like Lady Antebellum and Sugarland and other artists that illustrate the genre's diversity.